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This page gives you a quick way to find out more about online and hybrid courses offered at MiraCosta. Click any course title to learn more about the course. Many instructors add details here about expectations for the course and what students need to do to get started.

Courses listed as "Online Only" may be completed entirely online.
Courses listed as "Hybrid" will have some class activity that takes place at a designated location in addition to your online coursework. This activity may range from a few proctored exams to regular meetings on a MiraCosta campus.

Informal Logic and Critical Thinking

This course develops critical thinking skills through the study of informal logic. Topics include the structure and evaluation of arguments, fallacies, credibility, rhetorical devices, and explanations. Using examples from the news media, advertising, political speeches, and other real-life sources, students learn the distinction between claims and theories that make sense and claims and theories that do not survive rational scrutiny.

Subject:PHILCourse Number:100 Section Number:1489Units:3 Instructor:

Instructor information about this course

Learning Management System (LMS) for this course:BlackboardLMS link:https://blackboard.miracosta.eduCourse start page:Course email:lmoon@miracosta.eduOffice:3206Office hours:TBA online + on-ground by appointmentPhone:760-757-2121 x6241Instructor notes:This course begins after spring break. It is an 8-week, entirely online course. Students are expected to start working in Blackboard from the beginning (3/17), and there are deadlines in the first few days of the class which must be met to maintain enrollment. The book for the course is How to Think About Weird Things, 7th edition, by Schick and Vaughn. It's available in the bookstore. I will also accept 5th or 6th edition (4th or earlier would be too early). There are no in-person meetings, but there are weekly deadlines, and the course is not self-paced.